Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell and Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes headline the 2008 AFCA Coaches' All-America Team announced today by the American Football Coaches Association. http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=3627599 Offense Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School) WR Michael Crabtree* 6-3 208 So. Texas Tech Mike Leach Dallas, Texas (Carter) WR Dez Bryant 6-2 215 So. Oklahoma St. Mike Gundy Lufkin, Texas (Lufkin) TE Chase Coffman 6-6 255 Sr. Missouri Gary Pinkel Peculiar, Mo. (Raymore-Peculiar) OL Andre Smith 6-4 330 Jr. Alabama Nick Saban Birmingham, Ala. (Huffman) OL Brandon Carter 6-7 350 Jr. Texas Tech Mike Leach Longview, Texas (Spring Hill) C Antoine Caldwell 6-3 305 Sr. Alabama Nick Saban Montgomery, Ala. (Lee) OL Michael Oher 6-5 318 Sr. Mississippi Houston Nutt Memphis, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian) OL Andy Levitre 6-3 317 Sr. Oregon St. Mike Riley Ben Lomond, Calif. (San Lorenzo Valley) QB Graham Harrell 6-3 205 Sr. Texas Tech Mike Leach Ennis, Texas (Ennis) RB Knowshon Moreno 5-11 208 So. Georgia Mark Richt Belford, N.J. (Middletown South) RB Shonn Greene 5-11 235 Jr. Iowa Kirk Ferentz Sicklerville, N.J. (Milford Acad. [Conn.]) Defense Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School) DL Brian Orakpo 6-4 260 Sr. Texas Mack Brown Houston, Texas (Lamar) DL Terrence Cody 6-5 365 Jr. Alabama Nick Saban Fort Myers, Fla. (Riverdale) DL George Selvie* 6-4 242 Jr. South Florida Jim Leavitt Pensacola, Fla. (Pine Forest) DL Michael Johnson 6-7 260 Sr. Georgia Tech Paul Johnson Selma, Ala. (Dallas County) LB James Laurinaitis* 6-3 240 Sr. Ohio St. Jim Tressel Hamel, Minn. (Wayzata) LB Rey Maualuga 6-2 260 Sr. USC Pete Carroll Eureka, Calif. (Eureka) LB Brandon Spikes 6-3 245 Jr. Florida Urban Meyer Shelby, N.C. (Crest) DB Eric Berry 5-11 195 So. Tennessee Phil Fulmer Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside) DB Rashad Johnson 6-0 186 Sr. Alabama Nick Saban Sulligent, Ala. (Sulligent) DB Malcolm Jenkins 6-1 202 Sr. Ohio St. Jim Tressel Piscataway, N.J. (Piscataway) DB Alphonso Smith 5-9 190 Sr. Wake Forest Jim Grobe Pahokee, Fla. (Pahokee) Specialists Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School) P Kevin Huber 6-1 220 Sr. Cincinnati Brian Kelly Cincinnati, Ohio (McNicholas) PK Louie Sakoda 5-9 178 Sr. Utah Kyle Whittingham San Jose, Calif. (Branham) AP Percy Harvin 5-11 195 Jr. Florida Urban Meyer Virginia Beach, Va. (Landstown)
I know he deserves it but it is amazing that Eric Berry made this team after Tennessee's performance this year. Of course, without him we would have gone 0-12.